The Georgia Department of Public Health reported a slight decline in Saturday s COVID-19 cases but overall remained steady. The state had 1,280 new cases for 827,397 and reported 68 deaths for 15,594.
Richmond County had 20 cases for 10,590 and Columbia County reported 13 for 10,590. Burke County had six for 1,685, while McDuffie and Jefferson counties each reported one for 1,585 and 1,545 respectively. Glascock County dropped one case for 139.
Three people died in Richmond County, bring its death toll to 362. Two deaths were reported in Columbia County to increase its toll to 154. One person died in Burke County, its 32 victim. One death in Aiken County was reassigned elsewhere and the area death toll stands at 952.
Georgia finally saw a drop in both new cases and new deaths on Friday even as South Carolina crept up in both.
Georgia added 1,313 new cases to reach 826,117 and had 64 new deaths, the first time below 100 deaths in three days, for a toll of 15,526, the Department of Public Health reported.
Richmond County had 31 new cases and was the only county in the Augusta area to see a double-digit increase: nine in Columbia for 10,577, three in Burke for 1679, two in McDuffie for 1,584, two in Jefferson for 1,544, three in Wilkes for 652, one in Lincoln for 490 and one in Taliaferro for 96.
Richmond County suffered two new deaths for 359 total, and Jefferson County lost a patient, with new deaths in Aiken raising the area s toll to 947.
Freshly founded less than two months ago when Chatham Fire & EMS Assistant Volunteer Fire Chief
Ryan Selgren made a 30-minute call to Chatham Emergency Services District Chief
Chris Mills, this new on-the-scene nonprofit is dedicated to raising funds for first responders facing financial difficulties like firefighter
John Page. Receiving 2nd and 3rd degree burns to his upper torso, John is looking remarkably recovered and sheepish when discussing his experience.
“When I saw my face for the first time I thought my career was over. After being treated at the incredible Doctors Hospital of Augusta, I received the first set of bills that insurance isn’t going to cover. I put my motorcycle for sale and have worried about what my future would be. Seeing Ryan and Chris put this together shows that my firefighter family is truly my second family,” shares the 26-year-old.